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Survivor Income Benefit Equalization Plan - Philip Morris Cos. Inc.


                                 PHILIP MORRIS
                   SURVIVOR INCOME BENEFIT EQUALIZATION PLAN





                           Effective January 1, 1985
                 (As amended and in effect as of April 1, 1992)


                               TABLE OF CONTENTS


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PHILIP MORRIS SURVIVOR INCOME BENEFIT 
EQUALIZATION PLAN - Preamble.........................................     1

ARTICLE I............................................................     2
    DEFINITIONS......................................................     2
         (a)  Committee..............................................     2
         (b)  Compensation Limitation................................     2
         (c)  Plan...................................................     2
         (d)  Survivor Income Benefit Equalization Allowance or 
              Allowance..............................................     2
         (e)  Survivor Income Benefit Plan...........................     2

ARTICLE II...........................................................     3
    SURVIVOR INCOME BENEFIT EQUALIZATION ALLOWANCES..................     3
         A.   Survivor Income Benefit Equalization Allowances and 
              other benefits payable under this Plan.................     3
         B.   Commencement and termination of Survivor Income 
              Benefit Equalization Allowances and other benefits 
              under the Plan.........................................     3
         C.   Reduction of Survivor Income Benefit Equalization 
              Retirement Allowances..................................     3

ARTICLE III..........................................................     5
    FUNDS FROM WHICH ALLOWANCES ARE PAYABLE..........................     5

ARTICLE IV...........................................................     6
    THE COMMITTEE AND ITS DELEGATEES.................................     6

ARTICLE V............................................................     7
    AMENDMENT AND DISCONTINUANCE OF THE PLAN.........................     7

ARTICLE VI...........................................................     8
    CHANGE IN CONTROL PROVISIONS.....................................     8


                                 PHILIP MORRIS
                   SURVIVOR INCOME BENEFIT EQUALIZATION PLAN

         The Philip Morris Survivor Income Benefit Equalization Plan as 
hereinafter set forth shall govern the rights of a Plan Beneficiary of a 
Deceased, Disabled or Retired Employee whose Plan Beneficiary becomes 
eligible for a Survivor Income Benefit Allowance on or after April 1, 1992 
and whose benefits under the Philip Morris Survivor Income Benefit Plan are 
or will in the future be limited by reason of Section 505 of the Internal 
Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time.

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                                   ARTICLE I

                                  DEFINITIONS

         The following terms as used herein shall have the meanings set forth 
below.  All capitalized terms not defined below shall have the same meaning 
as in the Survivor Income Benefit Plan.

    (a)  'Committee' shall mean the Corporate Employee Benefit Committee of 
         Philip Morris Companies Inc. charged with the administration of the 
         Plan as from time to time constituted. 

    (b)  'Compensation Limitation' shall mean the limitation of Section 
         505(b)(7) of the Code on the annual compensation of a Deceased, 
         Disabled or Retired Employee which may be taken into account under 
         the Survivor Income Benefit Plan.

    (c)  'Plan' shall mean the Philip Morris Survivor Income Benefit 
         Equalization Plan described herein and in any amendments hereto. 

    (d)  'Survivor Income Benefit Equalization Allowance' or 'Allowance' 
         shall mean the amount payable under the Plan to a Plan Beneficiary 
         in equal monthly payments during a twelve (12) month period. 

    (e)  'Survivor Income Benefit Plan' shall mean the Philip Morris Survivor 
         Income Benefit Plan, effective February 1, 1974, as amended from 
         time to time.

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                                  ARTICLE II

                SURVIVOR INCOME BENEFIT EQUALIZATION ALLOWANCES

A.  Survivor Income Benefit Equalization Allowances and other benefits 
    payable under this Plan shall be as follows:

         (1)  The Survivor Income Benefit Equalization Allowance payable to a 
Plan Beneficiary who is eligible for a Survivor Income Benefit Allowance 
under Article II, A(1)(b) or Article II, B(3) or (4) of the Survivor Income 
Benefit Plan, or a benefit payable pursuant to Article II, C of the Survivor 
Income Benefit Plan shall equal the amount by which a Survivor Income Benefit 
Allowance or benefit payable under Article II,C of the Survivor Income 
Benefit Plan, as applicable to the Plan Beneficiary, if computed without 
regard to the Compensation Limitation, exceeds the amount of the Survivor 
Income Benefit Allowance or benefit under Article II, C of the Survivor 
Income Benefit Plan actually payable to the Plan Beneficiary under the 
Survivor Income Benefit Plan.

         (2)  The Survivor Income Benefit Equalization Allowance payable to a 
Plan Beneficiary who is eligible for a Survivor Income Benefit Allowance 
under Article II, A(2)(b), Article II, A(3)(b) and Article II, A(4)(b) of the 
Survivor Income Benefit Plan shall equal the amount by which a Survivor 
Income Benefit Allowance payable pursuant to said provisions of Article II, 
as applicable to the Plan Beneficiary, if computed without regard to the 
Compensation Limitation, exceeds the amount of the Survivor Income Benefit 
Allowance actually payable to the Plan Beneficiary under the Survivor Income 
Benefit Plan.

B.  Commencement and termination of Survivor Income Benefit Equalization 
    Allowances and other benefits under the Plan:

         A Survivor Income Benefit Equalization Allowance or other benefit 
payable to a Plan Beneficiary shall commence and terminate simultaneously 
with, and be paid in accordance with the terms of the Survivor Income Benefit 
Plan. An application for a Survivor Income Benefit Allowance under the 
Survivor Income Benefit Plan shall be deemed an application for payment of a 
Survivor Income Benefit Equalization Allowance under this Plan.

C.  Reduction of Survivor Income Benefit Equalization Retirement Allowances: 

         (1)  A Survivor Income Benefit Equalization Allowance shall be 
reduced in accordance with the terms of Article II, F(1)(a) and (b) of the 
Survivor Income Benefit Plan, but only to the extent that the reduction is 
not taken into account in determining the Survivor Income Benefit Allowance 
payable under the Survivor Income Benefit Plan.

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         (2)  No Survivor Income Benefit Equalization Allowance shall be 
payable to a Plan Beneficiary to the extent attributable to benefits under 
the Benefit Equalization Plan which are paid to the Deceased, Disabled or 
Retired Employee other than in the form of a benefit equalization retirement 
allowance (as defined in the Philip Morris Benefit Equalization Plan.   

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                                  ARTICLE III

                    FUNDS FROM WHICH ALLOWANCES ARE PAYABLE

    The Company's obligations under this Plan shall not be funded.  Payments 
of Allowances shall be made out of the general funds of the Company.

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                                  ARTICLE IV

                       THE COMMITTEE AND ITS DELEGATEES

    The general administration of the Plan shall be vested in the Committee 
and the Administrator.

    All powers, rights, duties and responsibilities assigned to the Committee 
and the Administrator under the Survivor Income Benefit Plan applicable to 
this Plan shall be the powers, rights, duties and responsibilities of the 
Committee and the Administrator under the terms of this Plan.

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                                   ARTICLE V

                   AMENDMENT AND DISCONTINUANCE OF THE PLAN

    The Board may, by resolution, from time to time, and at any time, amend 
the Plan; provided, however, that authority to amend the Plan is delegated to 
the following committees or individuals where approval of the Plan amendment 
or amendments by the shareholders of Philip Morris Companies Inc. is not 
required: (1) to the Committee, if the amendment (or amendments) will not 
increase the annual costs of the Plan by $10,000,000, (2) to the Management 
Committee, if the amendment (or amendments) will not increase the annual cost 
of the Plan by $4,000,000, and (3) to the Administrator, if the amendment (or 
amendments) will not increase the annual cost of the Plan by $500,000.

    Any amendment to the Plan may effect a substantial change in the Plan, 
and may include (but shall not be limited to) any change deemed by the Philip 
Morris Companies Inc. to be necessary or desirable to obtain tax benefits 
under any existing or future laws or rules or regulations thereunder; 
provided, however, that no such amendment shall deprive any Plan Beneficiary 
of the Survivor Income Benefit Equalization Allowance or other benefit 
accrued to the time of such amendment.

    The Plan may be discontinued at any time by the Board; provided, however, 
that such discontinuance shall not deprive any Plan Beneficiary of his 
Survivor Income Benefit Equalization Allowance or other benefit accrued to 
the time of such discontinuance.

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                                  ARTICLE VI

                         CHANGE IN CONTROL PROVISIONS

A.  In the event of a Change of Control, each Plan Beneficiary shall, upon 
the Change of Control, be entitled to a lump sum in cash, payable within 30 
days of the Change of Control, equal to the actuarial equivalent of his 
Survivor Income Benefit Equalization Allowance, determined using actuarial 
assumptions no less favorable than those used under the Philip Morris 
Salaried Employees' Retirement Plan immediately prior to the Change of 
Control.

B.  Definition of Change of Control.

    'Change of Control' shall mean the happening of any of the following 
events:

         (1)  The acquisition by any individual, entity or group (within the 
    meaning of Section 13(d)(3) or 14(d)(2) of the Securities Exchange Act of 
    1934, and amended (the 'Exchange Act')) (a 'Person') of beneficial 
    ownership (within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 promulgated under the 
    Exchange Act) of 20% or more of either (i) the then outstanding shares of 
    common stock of Philip Morris Companies Inc. (the 'Outstanding Company 
    Common Stock') or (ii) the combined voting power of the then outstanding 
    voting securities of Philip Morris Companies Inc. entitled to vote 
    generally in the election of directors (the 'Outstanding Company Voting 
    Securities'); provided, however, that the following acquisitions shall 
    not constitute a Change of Control: (i) any acquisition directly from 
    Philip Morris Companies Inc., (ii) any acquisition by Philip Morris 
    Companies Inc., (iii) any acquisition by any employee benefit plan (or 
    related trust) sponsored or maintained by Philip Morris Companies Inc. or 
    any corporation controlled by Philip Morris Companies Inc. or (iv) any 
    acquisition by any corporation pursuant to a transaction described in 
    clauses (i), (ii) and (iii) of paragraph (3) of this Section B; or 

         (2)  Individuals who, as of the date hereof, constitute the Board 
    (the 'Incumbent Board') cease for any reason to constitute at least a 
    majority of the Board; provided, however, that any individual becoming a 
    director subsequent to the date hereof whose election, or nomination for 
    election by the shareholders of Philip Morris Companies Inc., was 
    approved by a vote of at least a majority of the directors then 
    comprising the Incumbent Board shall be considered as though such 
    individual were a member of the Incumbent Board, but excluding, for this 
    purpose, any such individual whose initial assumption of office occurs as 
    a result of an actual or threatened election contest with respect to the 
    election or removal of directors or other actual or threatened 
    solicitation of proxies or consents by or on behalf of a Person other 
    than the Board; or 

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         (3)  Approval by the shareholders of Philip Morris Companies Inc. of 
    a reorganization, merger, share exchange or consolidation (a 'Business 
    Combination'), in each case, unless, following such Business Combination, 
    (i) all or substantially all of the individuals and entities who were the 
    beneficial owners, respectively, of the Outstanding Company Common Stock 
    and Outstanding Company Voting Securities immediately prior to such 
    Business Combination beneficially own, directly or indirectly, more than 
    80% of, respectively, the then outstanding shares of common stock and the 
    combined voting power of the then outstanding voting securities entitled 
    to vote generally in the election of directors, as the case may be, of 
    the corporation resulting from such Business Combination (including, 
    without limitation, a corporation which as a result of such transaction 
    owns Philip Morris Companies Inc. through one or more subsidiaries) in 
    substantially the same proportions as their ownership, immediately prior 
    to such Business Combination of the Outstanding Company Common Stock and 
    Outstanding Company Voting Securities, as the case may be, (ii) no Person 
    (excluding any employee benefit plan (or related trust) of Philip Morris 
    Companies Inc. or such corporation resulting from such Business 
    Combination) beneficially owns, directly or indirectly, 20% or more of, 
    respectively, the then outstanding shares of common stock of the 
    corporation resulting from such Business Combination or the combined 
    voting power of the then outstanding voting securities of such 
    corporation except to the extent that such ownership existed prior to the 
    business Combination and (iii) at least a majority of the members of 
    board of directors of the corporation resulting from such Business 
    Combination were members of the Incumbent Board at the time of the 
    execution of the initial agreement, or of the action of the Board, 
    providing for such Business Combination; or 

         (4)  Approval by the shareholders of Philip Morris Companies Inc. of 
    (i) a complete liquidation or dissolution of Philip Morris Companies Inc. 
    or (ii) the sale or other disposition of all or substantially all of the 
    assets of Philip Morris Companies Inc., other than to a corporation, with 
    respect to which following such sale or other disposition, (A) more than 
    80% of, respectively, the then outstanding shares of common stock of such 
    corporation and the combined voting power of the then outstanding voting 
    securities of such corporation entitled to vote generally in the election 
    of directors is then beneficially owned, directly or indirectly, by all 
    or substantially all of the individuals and entities who where the 
    beneficial owners, respectively, of the Outstanding Company Common Stock 
    and Outstanding Company Voting Securities immediately prior to such sale 
    or other disposition in substantially the same proportion as their 
    ownership, immediately prior to such sale or other disposition, of the 
    Outstanding Company Common Stock and Outstanding Company Voting 
    Securities, as the case may be, (B) less than 20% of, respectively, the 
    then outstanding shares of common stock of such corporation and the 
    combined voting power of the then outstanding voting securities of such 
    corporation entitled to vote 

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    generally in the election of directors is then beneficially owned, 
    directly or indirectly, by any Person (excluding any employee benefit 
    plan (or related trust) of Philip Morris Companies Inc. or such 
    corporation), except to the extent that such Person owned 20% or more of 
    the Outstanding Company Common Stock or Outstanding Company Voting 
    Securities prior to the sale or disposition and (C) at least a majority 
    of the members of the board of directors of such corporation were members 
    of the Incumbent Board at the time of the execution of the initial 
    agreement, or of the action of the Board, providing for such sale or 
    other disposition of assets of Philip Morris Companies Inc. or were 
    elected, appointed or nominated by the Board. 

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